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Condor’s JNB flights begin
The holiday airline Condor started a connection between Frankfurt am Main and Johannesburg on Friday. The premiere flight had the flight number DE2288.
This route is now served on Monday and Friday traffic days. The flight duration is arou… read more
Mack Air & South West Aviation to offer flights services across Zimbabwe
Mack Air, the first private commercial operator in Botswana to hold both scheduled and non-scheduled licenses, has announced a collaboration with Sou… read more
Oceania Cruises returning Insignia to SA for one-off cruise in 2023
After the 2021/22 cruise season was largely lost due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Oceania Cruises have announced they will return Insignia to South Africa for a Cape Town departure in 2023.
Insignia will sail from Cape Town to Dubai on April 5th, 2023. The 21-night voyage was meant to take place in 2022 as well, but had to be… read more
Costa Cruises to broadcast Qatar FIFA World Cup matches live across fleet
Costa Cruises will broadcast the official matches of the Qatar football World Cup live from November 20th to December 18th, on Sport 24, the ship’s dedicated sports channel.
Across the fleet, with ships positioned in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the United Arab Emirates, South America and transatlantic, the matches will … read more
Namibia pushes to develop trans-border eco-tourism to foster regional development
Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) sent a delegation to South Africa to assess progress in the development of cross-border tourism products and events within the /Ai /Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier Park and commitments that were made before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Namibian delegation travelled to Pretoria, South Africa fro… read more
Ibom Air sécurise deux A320ceo pour soutenir son expansion
Ibom Air started commercial operations on 7 June 2021. Based in Uyo in south-eastern Nigeria, it serves half a dozen domestic routes. After 3 years of operations, it is now eyeing the regional market.
Ibom Air is boosting its capacity in anticipation of the increase in traffic expected from next month. The Akwa State-based … read more
Hilton announces signing of its first Hilton Garden Inn property in Mauritius
Set to open in 2026, Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Mauritius will provide affordable and upscale accommodation with best‑in‑class amenities for business and leisure travellers.
As one of Hilton's (NYSE: HLT) fastest-growing brands in Africa an… read more
Airlink expands commercial footprint on Latin America
Airlink, Southern Africa’s premier, independent airline is increasing its Latin American marketing and sales presence to include Ecuador, Panama and Peru.
Airlink has also appointed AVIAREPS as its General Sales Agents (GSA) in Latin America to promote its convenient schedule of flights which serve an unparalleled network of … read more
South African Airways adds capacity and new destinations
South African Airways (SAA) is adding three Airbus A320s to its fleet. That will enable the airline to resume service to several African destinations before restarting an intercontinental route in the first quarter of 2023.
South African Airways currently operates 7 Airbus aircraft, consisting of 2x A320s, 3x A319s, 1x A330-3… read more
South African Airways announces the addition of four regional destinations
South African Airways (SAA) has confirmed that the International Air Services Council (IASC) has ratified the airline’s retention of all its historical route traffic rights, following SAA’s voluntary relinquishing of the number of frequencies on the destinations it is not currently servicing. In accordance with legisl… read more
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